WO2017008941A1 - Dispositif destiné à stériliser des éléments de fermeture pour des récipients - Google Patents

Dispositif destiné à stériliser des éléments de fermeture pour des récipients Download PDF

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WO2017008941A1
WO2017008941A1 PCT/EP2016/061349 EP2016061349W WO2017008941A1 WO 2017008941 A1 WO2017008941 A1 WO 2017008941A1 EP 2016061349 W EP2016061349 W EP 2016061349W WO 2017008941 A1 WO2017008941 A1 WO 2017008941A1
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Alexander DANELSKI
Thomas Niehr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/003—Pretreatment of caps, e.g. cleaning, steaming, heating or sterilizing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/16—Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general; Accessories therefor using chemical substances
    • A61L2/20—Gaseous substances, e.g. vapours
    • A61L2/208—Hydrogen peroxide
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/26—Accessories
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2103/00—Materials or objects being the target of disinfection or sterilisation
    • A61L2103/23—Containers other than laboratory or medical, e.g. bottles or mail

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  • the invention relates to a device for sterilizing or sterilizing closures according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • cap-like closures such as screw caps, caps, bottle caps, etc.
  • sterilants consisting of H2O2 vapor (vaporized aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution with sufficiently high H2O2 concentration) or from an enriched with H2O2 vapor gas and / or vaporous carrier medium.
  • the closures are preferably preheated prior to exposure to the sterilant, for example to a temperature in the range between 50 ° C and 85 ° C and then after treatment with the gas and / or or vapor sterilant using a preferably heated sterile gaseous and / or vaporous medium, for example, dried using preferably heated sterile air, so that the sterilized closures can then subsequently used to seal containers or this can be supplied to a capping machine.
  • a known device for sterilizing closures for containers with H2O2 aerosol or steam has two rotors driven circumferentially about a common vertical machine axis (DE 10 2010 025 541 A1).
  • Each rotor is housed in a treatment room.
  • a plurality of shutter receivers are provided offset from the machine axis, each of which is formed to receive a plurality of shutters in series and extend in an axial direction parallel to the machine axis.
  • the closure receptacles With the closure receptacles, the closures for rotating rotors through the treatment rooms between a closure task and a closure delivery emotional.
  • hot air is applied to the closures in the upper rotor treatment space for preheating the shutters and in the lower rotor treatment space for activating the sterilization medium (H2O2 aerosol) and for drying the closures.
  • H2O2 aerosol sterilization medium
  • the occlusion of the closures with the sterilization medium takes place on a processing line oriented parallel to the machine axis, which connects the closure output of the upper rotor to the closing task of the lower rotor and through which the closures are moved by gravity.
  • one or more application stations are provided on the at least one treatment section, with a sterilizing agent spraying device directed onto at least one closure receptacle for the controlled and / or targeted pressurization of the individual in the closure receptacle recorded and held closures with hydrogen peroxide aerosol / vapor, a hydrogen peroxide aerosol-containing sterilant and / or a gas for activating the hydrogen peroxide and / or drying the surfaces.
  • the closures are held stationary in a closure receptacle during the entire treatment time, ie, that the closures in the closure receptacles so during the entire treatment time neither relative to each other nor to the closure recording move. Occasionally, however, an undesirable tilting and / or sticking of the respective closure in the closure receptacle and / or adjacent closures can occur, for example, by applying the closures with sterilizing agent.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device for sterilizing and / or sterilizing closures for closing bottles or similar containers, in particular for sterilizing cap-like closures, which eliminates the disadvantages of the prior art, in particular for the controlled release of in the closure receptacle tilted and / or glued fasteners is formed.
  • a device according to the features of claim 1 is formed.
  • the essential aspect of the device according to the invention for sterilizing closures for closing bottles or similar containers, in particular for sterilizing cap-like closures, is the fact that at least one vertically oriented closure receptacle an at least partially engaging the adjusting device for initiating an actuating movement by means of at least an actuator is assigned to at least one closure received in this closure receptacle, and wherein the at least one actuator is movably connected via at least one bellows with at least one opening of the housing.
  • the particular advantage consists, inter alia, in that by means of the adjusting device in a closure receptacle tilted and / or glued shutters controlled can be solved again by an actuating movement can be initiated on this by means of an actuator.
  • closure closures of various kinds should be understood, in particular cap-like closures, such as screw caps, caps, bottle caps, etc.
  • the adjusting device is designed oriented in its longitudinal extent substantially parallel to the machine axis and arranged radially spaced from the rotor.
  • the adjusting device can also be arranged above the closure dispensing such that at least one closure received in the closure receptacle can be acted upon by an adjusting movement by means of the at least one actuator.
  • the actuator may comprise at least a first and second actuator support portion, wherein the second actuator support portion is connected to the actuator abutment portion.
  • a plurality of actuator abutment portions may be disposed on the second actuator support portion. It can also be advantageously provided that the actuator support sections are rod-shaped.
  • the second actuator support portion adjoins the first actuator support portion, wherein the first actuator support portion and the second actuator support portion are arranged at an angle to each other.
  • the actuator with its first actuator support portion at least partially received in the bellows and be movably guided through the opening of the housing, preferably gas and / or liquid-tight. It can preferably be provided that the first actuator support portion is guided on a first side through the opening of the housing movable to this, and passed with its second side by a guide portion of the bellows and mechanically fixed in the guide portion.
  • the actuator with its at least one actuator abutment portion is at least partially accommodated in at least one bellows and is movably guided by the at least one opening of the housing, preferably gas and / or liquid-tight.
  • a separate bellows can preferably be assigned to an actuator abutment section in each case, with the individual actuator abutment sections being guided in each case via a separate opening of the housing and movably connected via the respective bellows.
  • the term "essentially” in the context of the invention means deviations from the exact value by +/- 10%, preferably by +/- 5%, and / or deviations in the form of changes that are insignificant for the function.
  • the apparatus generally designated 1 in the figures is used for sterilizing and / or sterilizing closures 2, for example closures in the form of caps, screw caps, sports caps, flat caps or crown corks, etc., for closing containers, not shown, for example in the form of Bottles are used.
  • the device 1 preferably forms a unit upstream of a capping machine for closing the containers, from which the sterilized closures 2 are fed under sterile or germ-free conditions to the capping machine.
  • the device comprises inter alia a housing 3, which in the illustrated embodiment has a vertical machine or rotor axis MA surrounding polygonal or cylindrical shape in plan view, ie, for example, may be hexagonal shaped.
  • the interior 4 of the housing 3 is, with the exception of inlets and outlets for the closures 2, which can be formed in particular by a closure task 31 or a closure delivery 33, sealed against the environment, in particular gas and / or liquid-tight, closed by a circumferential axis 5 enclosing the machine axis MA, by an upper housing wall 6 and a lower housing wall.
  • 7 Inspection windows may be provided in the peripheral wall 5, with an embodiment of the peripheral wall 5 made of, in particular, transparent material being possible as well.
  • the rotor 10 is designed as a circular cylindrical, the machine axis MA concentrically enclosing hollow drum with a drum shell with a cage-like structure, which is formed by a plurality of shutter receivers 1 1 for row-like receiving a plurality of closures 2.
  • the closure receptacles 1 which are oriented with their longitudinal extent parallel to or substantially parallel to the machine axis MA and at its upper end for introducing the closures 2 and at its lower end for dispensing the closures 2 are open, form in their entirety the cage or grid-like structure or the cage-like, inherently stable shell of the rotor 10 and are provided for this purpose on the circumference of the rotor 10 at uniform angular and partial intervals distributed around the machine axis MA.
  • closure receivers 1 1 are each attached to a concentric with the machine axis MA arranged annular upper and lower support member 12, 13, in such a way that the lower, open ends of the shutter receivers 1 1 not by the support member 13 are covered, rather exposed in the region of the lower support member 13 or below this support member 13.
  • the closure receptacles 1 1 can also be designed lattice-like and each consist of a plurality of spaced and parallel to the machine axis MA oriented bar or rod-shaped shutter guide rails 14 which form between them a receiving space for row-like recording of a plurality of closures 2, in such a way that the 2 closures in each Closure receptacle 1 1 form a single-lane closure row or group extending in an axial direction parallel to the machine axis MA along a closure axis VA and as far as possible exposed in the respective closure receptacle 1 1, ie are covered by the closure guide rails 14 only on a small part of their surface.
  • the shutter receivers 1 1 can also be designed as milled parts with correspondingly adapted contours.
  • closure receptacles 1 1 are executed in the illustrated embodiment so that the closures 2 in the closure receptacles 1 1 with respect to the machine axis MA have a predetermined orientation, in the form that they with their closure or cap axis radially to the machine axis MA and, for example, with its open cap side radially outwardly oriented, in the direction of the housing wall 6, are.
  • the rotor 10 is preferably not provided peripherally in the interior 4 of the housing 3, ie in the treatment chamber of the sterilization device 1, preferably the plurality of application stations 20, in particular as sterilization station 23, 24 and / or drying station 28 and / or activation station 27 and / or cooling station 29 may be formed, and which are preferably oriented with their longitudinal extent parallel to the machine axis MA.
  • at least one vertically oriented closure receptacle 1 1 is associated with an actuating device 40 engaging in the housing 3 at least in sections for introducing an actuating movement by means of at least one actuator 41 to at least one closure 2 accommodated in this closure receptacle 11.
  • a housing wall section 6.1 projecting obliquely upwards may be provided, which may in particular be formed in one piece with the housing 3 and to which the at least one opening 3.1 of the housing 3 is assigned.
  • the obliquely extending housing wall section 6.1 is thus oriented in its longitudinal extent, in particular at an angle, that is not parallel to the machine axis MA.
  • the bellows 50 may be arranged below the opening 3.1, on which in particular integrally formed with the housing housing wall section 6.1.
  • the preferably obliquely extending housing wall section 6.1 can also be formed open at the top and sealed by means of, for example, a housing cover 6.2 tight, in particular gas and / or liquid-tight. Consequently, for this purpose, the housing cover 6.2 have at least one opening 3.1, through which the actuator 41 is guided outwardly movable from the interior 4 of the housing 3.
  • the mobility of the actuator 41 is shown in Figure 1 indicated by a double arrow.
  • a servomotor not shown in detail can be provided for controlled initiation of the adjusting movement on the actuator 41.
  • the bellows 50 may be firmly connected to the underside of the housing cover 6.2 and tightly connected to the housing cover 6.2. This can be done, for example, by the housing cover 6.2 having on its inside in the region of at least one opening 3.1 a flange-like collar on which the bellows 50 is pushed and secured with, for example, a sleeve. As a result, although the actuator 41 is enclosed by the bellows 50 in the region of the at least one opening 3.1, it can be moved through the at least one opening 3.1.
  • the bellows 50 on a side facing away from the housing cover 6.2 provides a bellows 50 penetrating guide portion 50.1, through which the actuator 41 can be passed.
  • the actuator 41 in the manner described in more detail to Figure 3 is fixed and tightly connected to the bellows 50, that is connected to it, in such a way that the bellows 50 upon initiation of an adjusting movement of the actuator 40 with the actuator 41 at least moved in its guide portion 50.1.
  • the actuator 41 has a first, at an angle to the machine axis MA extending actuator support portion 41 .1 and one of the first actuator support portion 41 .1 subsequent, oriented substantially parallel to the machine axis MA, second actuator support portion 41 .2, preferably from which several actuator abutment portions 41 .3 branch off like a comb.
  • the first actuator support portion 41 .1 is at least partially enclosed by the bellows 50, preferably concentrically, and is accommodated therein.
  • the first actuator carrier section 41 .1 and the second actuator carrier section 41 .2 do not form a straight line, but are arranged at an angle to one another, in such a way that when an actuating movement is initiated on the actuator 41 both a vertical and radial actuating movement, So an obliquely to the closure axis VA extending adjusting movement, at least the actuator abutment portions 41 .3 in the direction of, the adjusting device 40 associated closure receptacle 1 1 sets.
  • the actuator 41 with its actuator support portions 41. 1, 41 .2 and its multiple actuator abutment portions 41 .3 in one piece, or be integrally formed.
  • the actuator abutment portions 41 .3 are formed as separate components, which are in particular releasably, for example screwed by means of a thread, on the second actuator support portion 41 .2 are arranged.
  • the number of actuator abutment portions 41 .3 and their geometric dimensions, such as the distance of the individual Actuator abutment sections 41 .3 with each other and / or the length and / or the diameter and / or the material of the individual actuator abutment portions 41 .3, in this case can be adapted in particular to the different types of closure and further to the number of closures 1 1 arranged in a closure receptacle 1 , Preferably, a number of closures 2 corresponding to the number of closures 2 that can be received in a number of closures 1 1 is provided corresponding number of actuator push portions 41. 3. It is thus particularly advantageous for each of the closures 1 1 to receive closable closures 2 to be assigned a separate actuator abutting portion 41 .3.
  • the individual actuator abutment portions 41 .3 with the closure axis VA include an acute angle ⁇ , which is preferably between 25 ° and 85 °, more preferably approximately 45 °. Further advantageously, the individual actuator abutment portions 41 .3 span a common plane in which they are located.
  • the adjusting device 40 is oriented substantially parallel to the machine axis MA and is preferably arranged radially in the direction of rotation A between the first sterilizing station 23 and the cooling station 29 so as to be radially spaced from the rotor 10.
  • a plurality of application stations 20 can be provided on the inside or outside circumference in the direction of rotation A of the rotor 10.
  • the angular amount is set by which the rotor 10 rotates in the stepwise, intermittent rotational movement about the machine axis MA.
  • Resting stations 21 can also be provided between the individual application stations at which no treatment takes place, in which, for example, the sterilizing agent applied to the closures 2 in the application station 20 can act.
  • the previously at the dwell station 21 located closures 2 reach a further application station 20 to be re-pressurized there, for example, with sterilizing agent.
  • the first sterilizing station 23 above the movement path of the closure receptacle 11 may be assigned the closure task 31, which is formed by a lower end of an outer closure conveyor section 32 and to which the closures 2 to be sterilized are supplied via the closure conveyor section 32 through the upper housing wall 6.
  • the closures 2 already have the orientation corresponding to their orientation in the closure receivers 11.
  • the shutter release 33 which forms the inlet for an upwardly open closure conveyor section 34, which is arranged with its open end below the movement path of the closure receptacles 1 1 of the rotor 10.
  • the sterilized closures 2 of the sealing machine are supplied germ-free.
  • the shutter conveyor sections 32 and 34 are each formed by a plurality of, the closures 2 between receiving and leading guide rails. Furthermore, in the illustrated embodiment, the shutter conveyor sections 32 and 34 at least in the vicinity of the rotor 10 each have a vertical course, so that the closures 2 are moved or promoted in the shutter conveyor sections 32 and 34 alone due to their gravity.
  • a sheath or housing not shown, which preferably with an overpressure of a sterile gaseous and / or vaporous medium, for example, is subjected to the pressure of sterile air.
  • the closure task 31 and the shutter release 33 are relative to the machine axis MA at an angular distance corresponding to a multiple of the pitch of the shutter receivers 1 1 on the rotor 10, arranged so that whenever a closure receptacle 1 1 with its upper open end in the stoppage phase of the rotational movement of the rotor 10 is located on the closure task 31, there is another closure receptacle 1 1 with its lower open end to the shutter release 33.
  • the shutter release 33 is spaced from the shuttering task 31 by an angle amount slightly smaller than 360 °, for example, by an angle amount of 330 ° or by about 330 ° with respect to the direction of rotation A of the rotor 10 by as large an angle as possible long treatment path and thus also at high powers of the device 1, ie at a high number of per unit time sterilized with this device 1 closures 2 or at a correspondingly high rotational speed of the rotor 10 as long as possible treatment time for the sterilization or sterilization of the closures. 2 to achieve, with a reduced diameter of the rotor 10 and a compact design of the device 1 in total.
  • the closure task 31 is arranged above the first sterilization station 23, whereas the closure delivery 33 is arranged at an angle or separation distance in front of the sterilization station 23.
  • the rotor 10 is clocked driven about the machine axis MA and in such a way that the rotor 10 in each phase of the clocked rotational movement of the pitch of two shutter receivers 1 1 corresponding rotation step performs and in each stoppage phase of the clocked rotation an empty Closure receptacle 1 1 is located below the closing task 31, then the closure receptacle 1 1 is completely filled with closures 2 from the closure conveyor section 32.
  • each filled with the closures 2 shutter receivers 1 1 along the Treatment stations of the treatment section moves and thereby treated in the stoppage phases of the rotor 10 at the individual stations and thereby sterilized.
  • a closure receptacle 1 1 of the rotor 10 has reached the closure delivery 33, all the sterilized closures 2 of this closure receptacle fall via the closure delivery 33 into the closure conveying path 34, via which the sterilized or sterilized closures 2 are then supplied for further use.
  • FIG. 3 shows a detail of the inventive device 1 according to FIG. 1 of the housing wall section 6.1 with the at least one bellows 50 in a lateral sectional view.
  • the at least one opening 3.1 of the housing 3 can in particular be assigned to the housing cover 6.2, by means of which the actuator 41 is movably guided with its first actuator support section 41 .1 out of the interior 4 of the housing 3 to the outside.
  • the at least one bellows 50 may be fixed and tight, in particular gas and / or liquid-tight, arranged.
  • the first actuator support portion 41 .1 can be guided, in particular, on a first side by the at least one opening 3.1, movable relative to this, while with its second side through the guide portion 50.1 through, but in or on this fixed, ie mechanically fixed, is received in such a way that the bellows 50 moves at the initiation of an adjusting movement on the first actuator support portion 41 .1 at least with its guide portion 50.1.
  • the bellows 50 is thus an atmospheric separation of the interior 4 relative to the outside of the housing 3 prevailing, outer atmosphere generated, with simultaneous mobility of the actuator 41st
  • a guide means 50.2 which may be formed as a ring-like piston, for example, can be arranged in the interior of the bellows 50.
  • the guide means 50.2 fixed, so fixed in position, received in the interior of the bellows 50 and has an opening 50.3, which is adapted in its dimensions to the actuator 41, in particular to the first actuator support portion 41 .1 such that the actuator 41 are passed through the opening 50.3 can.
  • the actuator 41 in particular its first actuator support portion 41 .1, an approximately perpendicular radially projecting from the actuator 41 outwardly projecting wing portion 41 .4, which is fixed to the bellows 50 fixed, in particular tight.
  • a spring 51 which may be formed in particular as a helical compression spring, are received under a defined bias around the actuator 41 around.
  • FIG. 4 shows, in a lateral schematic representation, a further embodiment variant of the device 1 for sterilizing closures according to the invention, in which the actuator 41 has a plurality of actuator abutment sections 41, 3, to each of which a separate bellows 50 is assigned.
  • the actuator abutment portions 41 .3 are each guided by a separate opening 3.1 of the housing 3, in particular the peripheral wall 5, movable and connected by means of the respective bellows 50 movable with the corresponding opening 3.1.
  • the actuator 41 is with its multiple actuator abutment gates
  • Each actuator abutment gate 41 .3 can be assigned a separate bellows 50 in the interior 4, which surrounds the respective actuator abutment section 41, 3, or at least partially receives it. Furthermore, the respective bellows 50 can be arranged with its first side fixed and also close to the inside of the peripheral wall 5, in particular connected to it.
  • the respective actuator abutment portions 41 .3 can be passed through the corresponding openings 3.1 movable. Thus, the respective actuator abutment portions 41 .3 are also formed relatively movable to the first side of the corresponding bellows 50.
  • the plurality of actuator abutment portions 41 .3 are mechanically fixed in the respective guide portions 50. 1 of the corresponding bellows 50, so that upon initiation of an adjusting movement of the respective guide portion 50.1 with the corresponding actuator abutment portion 41 .3 moves. It can be provided that the respective bellows 50 completely surrounds the corresponding actuator abutment portion 41 .3 in the interior 4 of the housing 3. In this embodiment, the bellows 50 in particular also has no receiving section 50.1 penetrating it. Alternatively, the respective actuator abutment section 41 .3 can also be passed through the corresponding guide section 50. 1 of the respective bellows 50 and held firmly therein.
  • the number of actuator abutment portions 41 .3 and their geometric dimensioning can in particular to the different closure types and further to the Number of arranged in a closure receptacle 1 1 2 closures be adjusted.
  • a number of closures 2 corresponding to the number of closures 2 that can be received in a number of closures 1 1 is provided corresponding number of actuator push portions 41. 3.
  • a separate actuator abutment section 41 .3 can be assigned to each closure 2 which can be received in the closure receptacle 1.
  • the first and second actuator support portion 41 .1, 41 .2 of the actuator 41 are rod-shaped, ie straight, formed, that is different from the embodiment of Figure 1 in particular not angled.
  • this can interact outside of the housing 3 with a servo motor not shown in detail, such that by introducing an actuating movement on the actuator 41 both a vertical, and radially formed adjusting movement, ie an obliquely to the closure axis VA extending adjusting movement of at least the actuator abutment portions 41 .3 in the direction of, the adjusting device 40 associated closure receptacle 1 1 sets.
  • the Stellbewegige the actuator 41 is shown schematically in Figure 4 indicated by a double arrow.
  • each actuator 41 encloses an acute angle ⁇ with the closure axis VA, which is preferably between 25 ° and 85 °, particularly preferably approximately 45 °. Further advantageously, the individual actuator abutment portions 41 .3 span a common plane in which they are located.
  • FIG. 5 shows, in a lateral schematic representation, a further embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention for sterilizing closures, in which, unlike the variant of FIG. 4, the plurality of bellows 50 are not in the interior 4 of the housing 3, but outside, in particular on the outside only stylized illustrated peripheral wall 5, are provided.
  • the respective bellows 50 are fixedly arranged with their first side to the corresponding openings 3.1 of the peripheral wall 5.
  • the bellows 50 for this purpose can be fastened with its first side by means of a sleeve, not shown, on a provided on the corresponding opening 3.1 flange collar.
  • the respective actuator abutment portions 41 .3 can be passed through the corresponding openings 3.1 movable.
  • the respective actuator abutment portions 41 .3 are also formed relatively movable to the first side of the corresponding bellows 50. Furthermore, the plurality of actuator abutment portions 41 .3 mechanically fixed in the respective guide portions 50.1 of the corresponding bellows 50 are added, so that moves when initiating an actuating movement of the respective guide portion 50.1 with the corresponding actuator abutment portion 41 .3 moves with.
  • the adjusting device 40 of the embodiment of Figure 5 can cooperate to initiate a controlled adjusting movement on the actuator 41 with a servo motor not shown in detail, so that by introducing an actuating movement on the actuator 41 both a vertically, and radially formed adjusting movement, ie an oblique to the closure axis VA extending Adjusting movement of at least the actuator abutment portions 41 .3 in the direction of, the adjusting device 40 associated closure receptacle 1 1 sets.
  • the positioning mobility of the actuator 41 is shown schematically in Figure 5 indicated by a double arrow.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif pour désinfecter ou stériliser des éléments de fermeture. Le dispositif selon l'invention pour stériliser des bouteilles ou récipients analogues, notamment pour stériliser des éléments de fermeture de type bouchon, se caractérise principalement en ce qu'à au moins une partie de réception d'élément de fermeture orientée verticalement est associé un dispositif de réglage venant en prise au moins par sections dans le boîtier et servant à amorcer un mouvement de réglage d'au moins un organe de réglage sur au moins un élément de fermeture reçu dans ladite partie de réception d'élément de fermeture, l'au moins un organe de réglage étant relié mobile par un soufflet à une ouverture du boîtier.
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